and see when automation officially arrives, see when people get their pink slips . . good evening. it's thursday, march 7th, this is bay area news at 7:00. with tears and laughter, two santa cruz police officering killed in the line of duty were honored today that drew thousands of people to san jose. >> dignitaries, including the governor, and former defense secretary, leon paneda attended this afternoon's three-hour service. family members and colleagues remembered both officers today.

>> a santa cruz service officer's brother, stood by. >> if i had to put one word to you, i would put integrity. >> elizabeth's pafrn, peter wu partner, also spoke. >> she will live on in people she has known and touched, to life and the time i spent with her, would not be in vain. >> detective elizabeth butler ended her watch on tuesday february 26th, 2013. >> the service ended with an end of watch dispatch. the two officers will be laid to

rest in private ceremonies. >> we'll like to share this, butler was a ten-year veteran of the santa cruz police force. >> she was 38 years old and a graduate of uc santa crews. >> 31-year-old butch baker, played with a ten assous investigators. >> he would wear shorts evening on the coldest days. >> he leaves behind daughters and a son. >> former american idol contestant, james durbin sang. he is a santa cruz native. >> durbin sang arms wide open. he knew detective butch baker as

a chaperone in school dances when she was growing up. >> those who stayed behind found ways to honor the public servants. >> thousands of people hit the streets of santa cruz for this had morning's police perception. >> i think the community's quite shopped -- precession. as hundreds of vehicles drove past they stood? silence, some tearing up, some absolutes. one woman said her city lost something beyond the detectives. >> innocence, definitely. we've seen it, we've been watching it. it's sad. >> at santa cruz floral, the business of arranging and delivering flowers, we've dona, lot of flowers for our police

department and we want to be here for the community. >> something to bring the community together in a difficult time and wanted to show my support. >> there were no dryize when people left the community. >> -- dry eyes. >> we have to show support for their families. >> all w all city police officers, nearby agents stepped in to help. >> people both me they were compelled to share their experience with others. more details now on the memorial. the precession began just before nine this morning right by the santa cruz beach board walk. a string of vehicles headed highway 17 extended for several miles. it included police, firefighters and chp officers from as far as

chicago, new york. people paused from nearly every overpass along the way. >> for more on the service, including a slide go, click on the the scpd tab. >> there's armed men stormed a bank while many law enforcement were attending that service. here's more why many believe the timing of bank robbery was no coincidence. >> reporter: the robbers wore bandafas and hoddies. the bank is closed tonight and the detectives are inside still tonight. many people here suspect the man chose today because they knew law enforcement would be busy. >> a group of bank of the west employees console one another after a scary or deal at this ca

perched tola branch. >> three masked men stormed the bank as they fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. >> it a very difrespectful. >> the robbers were trying to take advantage of a smaller police force because of the massive memorial service. >> mr. gwinn has been cleaning the uniforms for a decade. when he saw the officers inside, he worried about the safety of his employees and clients especially what they've had to go through in the last week. >> police have a gun. he told me everybody go to the inside. >> sergeant booth tells us his officers will continue honoring the legacy by doing what they did best. >> i had an opportunity to work with them and they were just great people. it's a huge loss. >> no one was seriously injured during that robbery. you can see the bank does have surveillance cameras but police

tell us they're not ready to release any video. reporting live in ca perched tola, channel two news. one minute went to the hospital with life threatening injuries. the driver went to market and davis where he flagged down help. the victim was take stone san francisco general hospital. at this point, they are still looking for the shooter who took off running. and a police pursuit involving a box trok may have been stolen. >> at one point, the truck was going the wrong way. >> police put down spike strips but the truck and those inside managed to drive away. there's a way new of safer rattling from north korea, it's ending its nonagrecollection

aggression pact, all this in response to today at the united nations. the council u man noufl votes -- you man mousiously voted -- when north, cororea, countries must now block those transfers. >> north kore afired with firery red rick. he threatened a nuclear attack on the us and said a second korean war is coming up. this is a country way nuclear weapon. >> north korea has defied a

series of resolutions by launching a weapon in february. he remains the world is upset responding with sanctions and they are engaging in military drills in the region. >> we were able to strengthen our bonds and relationships by working hand and hand on this training and these exercises. >> these developments come the same day the senate foreign relations committee is holding a hearing. these stepped up sanctions are welcomed. u.s. officials say the son-in-law of o samma bin laden has been captured tonight. >> he has been the spokesman since the terrier attacks in 2001. he recruited people to train in al-qaida camps in afghanistan. he is being held in new york. he should have been takt tone

began tan mobay. he is set to be in court tomorrow. today, the u.s. abbreviation proved john brennan to be the next chief of the cia. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> 13 republicans voted with democrats and one independent to confirm brennan. >> to get the vote, the white house made several demands to not use drones to kill american terrier suspects on u.s. soil. president obama carried on with his so-called charm offensive today as he tried to reach a long term compromise on deficit reduction. the president had two members over for lunch. they were committee chairman and former vice presidential candidate paul ryan. he treated a dozen republican senators last night to the dinner. >> the dow jones industrial

average climbed high to record territory. >> this is the fifth day in a row the dow has gone up and third consecutive high. the dow closed at trane 13,325. today's gains came after a report in a drop of unemployment claims. >> we're learning more details about a fatal attack near fresno. the way the animal managed its enclosure. >> it's very hard to read the letter. it's like they almost don't care. the end of an era at the golden gate bridge. the last day for the iconic toll takers. storms will last a little while. i'll track them into the weekend and through tomorrow. we'll meet you back here in a few minutes you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪

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. a pickup truck lost control this morning, just before 10 a.m., and police say no one was inside that home at 20th and eureka street. >> two men are hospitalized after two separate stabbing districts. the first one at 2:20 this morning near mission and 17th street. the victim was in his 30s apparently stabbed in a fight. >> the second attack took place near 26th and fulsome. san jose police say a missing 69-year-old man has been found dead. the family reported him missing more than one month ago. today the spokesman said they found him in his apartment on

iron wood drive, been stabbed to death. they would not say if the suspect who was a woman who was said to be with jacobson. a judge ordered a cyclist who struck a pedestrian to stand trial for felony vehicular manslaughter. christopher bukeri's request to lessen the crime was denied. >> witnesses say the cyclist was going through fast and blew through two redlines. >> his need for speed, and his behavior were completely horrible. >> his attorney says his client did not run the final red light. the victim entered the crosswalk

pre maturally. he is due back in court march 21st. today we learned how a lion was able to kill a person, 24-year-old diana hansen was cleaning the enclosure. the gate that separates the two areas, and the lion used his paws to open the gate. police in bakers field say no criminal charges will be filed in the casave nurse who called 911 but refused to perform cpr. >> he family says she did not want to be resuscitated and they had no intention of killing the company or its workers. company who says she refused perform cpr is on leave.

the golden gate district made good on its promise to save moony to be the first bridge in the nation to go with all automatic toll taking doing away with toll takers. tom has more on what they are facing. >> golden gate the bridge toll taker, 26 years the district knew it was coming. >> we're all upset. some of us have our moments where you see somebody crying or really upset. >> when the lay off notice came in the file yesterday, the disappointment to this army veteran was no less painful. >> it's very hard to read the letter and -- it's like they almost don't care. >> nine of the 38 terminated toll takers are long time employees, the rest part-timers. >> i don't know the details of the package. i know we have in the past been offering a soft landing, trying to make it as best as we can. >> 18-year veteran, jackie dean says she grew up here.

>> we are the ambassadors of the bridge. we greet people coming into the san francisco. district said it had to act. it's about $0.86 per manual transaction and it's under $0.30 for fast track transactions. >> starting march 27th, the only way to pay will be fast track, or get an invoice which must be paid in 21 days. 75 years of the human touch will be gone. >> i'm going to miss you and i love you. it's going to be hard not seeing you guys every day. >> i'm going to miss my regular customers, all the dogs that come through. i think i'll miss them the most, the little kids that shout at us every morning. >> this flyer's saying automatic toll takings's coming soon, march 27th soon. >> tom bakar, channel two news. after five and a half

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stone national park in miami. there are better days to visit than today if you're looking to picnic or play to the playground. >> it did start out okay. the showers are still trying to come down, five hundredth of an inch, it's coming down, glazing the roadways, out in the avenues and in the half moon bay along the coast, that's where most of the rain has been. >> it's parked itself kind of out shore. it lies 50, maybe 60 miles. >> right now it's not raining in san francisco, but it is raining by palo, at o. >> the driver opser intermittent. >> ? san jose they've had showers on and off. >> a little bit of yellow

showing up by may berry road. we'll keep track on it tonight, 10:00 come back. this moisture's going to wrap up. concord, just to the west of you, again, it's a lot of -- it's not that great for the reservoirs. it's good for the mountains. >> this might be -- the computer model suggested the dynamic's going kind of up and out and down. we're going to see maybe some in creased showers in the santa clara valley around ten and it goes away. so that's 2 a.m.. you see how everything goes that way. it starts going this way and pulls everything down with it w. that goes the showers. we're getting a break there as we go into the evening hours, into the late night hours and tomorrow morning your commute should be dry. >> you've seen this all january and february, temperatures go up. as we go into the weekend and next week, we're in the 70s in

some bay area locations. >> forecast highs, lots of upper 60s. >> the five-day forecast, bay area weekend in view, there you got it, those numbers start to ratchet up on saturday, sunday and monday. >> i'll be back on channel two at 10:00. we'll have the latest model for those showers that should come in. the giants trophy continue its visit today. the 2010 trophy was there, as well. thank you for trusting ktvu channel two news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. criminals using electric garage

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